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Thursday, April 12, 2012 — Friday, April 13, 2012

Gender Institute, Canadian-American Studies Committee, Humanities Institute, UB Art Galleries, UB Department of Transnational Studies

GENDER ACROSS BORDERS: Art, Action, Activism!

University at Buffalo Center for the Arts and 9th Ward at Babeville



The UB Gender Institute is proud to present the 2012 Gender Across Borders Symposium: Arts, Action, Activism. Taking place the evening of Thursday, April 12th and throughout the day and evening of Friday, April 13th, this interdisciplinary symposium is free and open to the public and will bring together artists, scholars, and activists to explore the intersections of feminism, gender, activism, and artistic practice. 

 
THURSDAY, APRIL 12 
CENTER FOR THE ARTS, UB North Campus 
 
6 - 7pm - University at Buffalo Art Gallery
Opening Reception  
 
7pm - CFA Rm. 112 
Women, Media Access, and Film & Video Activism 
Film Screening and Panel featuring:
Elizabeth Barret, Archivist & Filmmaker, Appalshop (Skype) 
Dorothea Braemer, Director, Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources 
Meg Knowles, Communication Department, Buffalo State College 
Carolyn Tennant, Media Arts Director, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 
Ruth Goldman, Independent Filmmaker, Department of Transnational Studies
 
FRIDAY, APRIL 13 
Center for the Arts, UB North Campus,
 
9am  (Rm. 112)  
Plenary 
 
9:30am - noon ( Rm. 112 ) 
Feminism & Visual Protest Culture 
Moderated by Associate Professor Elizabeth Otto (UB Department of Visual Studies): 
"Writing a Craftivist History (Again and Again and Again)" by Kirsty Robertson (Department of Visual Arts, University of Western Ontario)
"Chicana/o Artivism and Social Justice" by Guisela Latorre (Department of Women's Studies, Ohio State University)
"Drusilla Dunjee Houston: Visualizing a Response to Birth of a Nation" by Peggy Brooks-Bertram, (Adjunct Faculty, University at Buffalo and Co-Founder, Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc)
 “The Phyllis [sic] Wheatley Club of Buffalo: ‘Lifting as We Climb’ – By Many Means Necessary” by Barbara Nevergold (Co-Founder, Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc.)
“Feminists are Funny: Confronting Operation Rescue with the Feminist Theater Troupe, Ladies of the Lake” by Susan Clements (Activist & Performance Artist, Ladies of the Lake) 
 
 
Noon - 2:30pm (CFA Atrium)
Occupy Lunch 
Performances, Art installations, Workshops, Demos, and Non-Profit Informational tables 
 
2:30 - 4:30pm (CFA Rm. 112)
Gender & Digital Activism 
Moderated by Associate Professor Stephanie Rothenberg (UB Department of Visual Studies) 
"#WomenOccupy: Insights from Interviews with OWS Activists" by Megan Boler (Theory and Policy Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto)
"Feminist Tools for the High-Tech Workplace" by Annina Rüst (Department of Transmedia, Syracuse University)
"Dare, Virginia: A Hypermedia History of Missing and Imaginary American Women" by Holly Johnson (Real Dream Cabaretl Dare, Virginia Project, Buffalo, NY)
"Games for Liberation: Decolonizing Minds in Virtual Worlds" by Cayden Mak (MFA Candidate, Department of Media Study, University at Buffalo) 
 
DOWNTOWN BUFFALO 
(341 Delaware Ave, corner of Tupper): 
 
7:00 
Cabaret at Babeville's 9th Ward
 
In collaboration with Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, GAB Presents a Cabaret featuring MC Boodith Jutler (aka Shasti O'Leary-Soudant) with multimedia performance from Communication Vault (Jax DeLuca and friends), poetry from Divya Victor, Rebekah Williams and others, spoken word and music by MC Vendetta (aka Janna Willoughby), and a monologue by Brazen-Faced Varlets"Not Another Dyke Drama."
 
 

 
 
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